Developing a strong rhythmic pattern with your chord structure can help lay a solid foundation for your song. Rhythm gives your song direction and an overall sound that you can build upon. It also gives the listener an understanding of who you are through it’s stylistic sound.
Here are three examples using two chords C and G.
Example 1: Played on the electric guitar with a blues type of feel.
Read MoreIn a song, to add interest and variety changing key, or modulation is a great tool to use.
Songs typically modulate from a Tonic key to Dominant(V), Tonic Key to Subdominant(IV), or Tonic to Relative Minor.
Wait…..what does this mean?
In the key of C major, C is the tonic key or main key. It can modulate to F major (Subdominant), or to G major (Dominant) or to A minor (relative minor).
If you look at the Circle of Fifths, you can see that in the case of C major, for example, G major, F major and Am are the closet chords to C. This means they have many notes that are similar and therefore are the easiest to modulate to.
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